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WATCH: ‘They Call Us Terrorists’: Inside the Palestinian Resistance Forces of Jenin, West Bank

The Real News Network Nov 13, 2023   “Why are so many...

WATCH: Concerning Violence

"Concerning Violence is a 2014 documentary film written and directed by Göran Olsson. It is based on Frantz Fanon's essay, Concerning Violence, from his 1961 book The Wretched of the Earth."

WATCH: Ella Baker: “The Fight for Freedom Every Day”

"It takes the willingness to stand by and do what has to be done, when it has to be done. A nice gathering like today is not enough."

Extinction Rebellion Training, or How to Control Radical Resistance from the ‘Obstructive Left’

The bottom circle, the largest in size, represents the non-political citizens, the target audience of XR: "The people who're shitting themselves and want something to be done but aren't highly political."

Is It Time to Critically Interrogate Nonviolence & Nonviolent Direct Action?

"Whether or not we embrace or espouse nonviolent direct action as an occasional tactic or a bedrock and fundamental strategy we owe it to ourselves to understand the origin of this idea, why the national security state promotes it, how and for whom it works and does not work, and why."

FLASHBACK: If He Can’t Lie, It’s Not His Revolution: Chris Hedges vs. Emma Goldman

"Reading this passage, it’s striking how little has changed. It isn’t difficult to imagine, say, Rebecca Solnit – "philosophic" anarchist and Obama campaigner – being feted at the White House in reward for her work bashing radicals, while at the same time "criminal" anarchists like Marie Mason and Oso Blanco rot in prison."

The Postmodern Left and the Success of Neoliberalism

"We may struggle to see past the illusions from our current vantage point. No doubt, we will find ourselves in the trenches of class war, only to look outside and realize that the entire spectacle has been constructed by a charlatan. This will continue to happen, so long as neoliberal capitalism provides career opportunities for charlatans, as it no doubt will."

WATCH: Not Your Climate Movement

"This we bring you a recap of the COP21 climate clusterfuck in Paris, with Jim Hansen’s reaction to the historic non-agreement and 350.org’s condemnation of comrades who defied the protest ban. Over in Greece we look at the yearly riots that commemorate the police murder of Alex Grigoropoulos."

Arundhati Roy: Things that Can’t be Said, Tamed Tigers & the Missionaries of the “New Economy”

Do "the things we can't talk about in a civilised society, if you're a good, domesticated house pet" include discussing the role of appointed "leaders" within the non-profit industrial complex, who ultimately serve to protect both capital and state? We have found that this is a critical issue that no one with far reach on "the left" will touch (Hedges, Pilger, etc.).

COP15 FLASHBACK: The Dead End of Climate Justice

January 8, 2010: "At our next rendezvous we also need to seriously consider if the NGO/non-profit industrial complex has become a hindrance rather than a contribution to our efforts and thus a parasite that must be neutralized before it can undermine future resistance."